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Trap / Neuter / Return Projects
Volunteers for Dee’s Orphan Kitten Fund are currently working to trap, spay/neuter, and release 2 colonies of feral cats in Esquimalt and the Central Saanich area. We have just begun our work there, and have about 75 to catch. For more information about feral cats see our pamphlet. For the year of 2012 we worked on colonies in these areas: 
*Closed means all surgeries are completed
In 2010 we successfully caught 8 feral cats in a local campground. All have now been spayed or neutered, preventing another colony from growing! Click here to watch a video of one of the feral cats being trapped. 
Colonies of feral cats pop up around semi urban areas when someone abandons a cat. The cat will reproduce, and the kittens become feral because they have had no contact with humans. Feral kittens can be rehabilitated, if a human intervenes at a young enough age. For this reason, if you see kittens in a forest, park or alley, catch them and call us – even if they are very small. The smaller the better as we need to teach the kittens to accept humans if they are to ever find a permanent home. Don’t wait to call, as the feral mom cat will move them as soon as you leave. We will attempt to catch the mom as soon as we are informed of her general location.
Volunteers feed these colonies daily, and when we are able, trap them and take them to a veterinary clinic for vaccines, flea and parasite treatment and sterilization. Once they have recovered from the surgery, they are returned to their colony. Volunteers continue to monitor the colonies for as long as the colony exists. For more information on feral cats, please see this ASPCA link, Alley Cat Allies, and the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies. 
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